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50.000

Ola Richardsson — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:00:50 +0000

And now we are 50.000 fans on our Facebook fan page for Men's Handball World Championship.

We are proud and very happy for all the exciting enthusiasm for handball, the true sport.

We hope that this in some way will keep going, that the world of handball will keep on communicating in social media even after the championship is over.

Thanks for all support!

Croatia first team to arrive to Malmö

Ola Richardsson — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:07:56 +0000

Tonight the Croatian team arrived to Malmö, and about half of the players choosed to train in the training hall attached to Malmö Arena. The rest of the team were working out in the gym at the hotel.

Championship on it's way

Ola Richardsson — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:52:27 +0000

Today a lot of cars arrived to the WCh cities.

Volvo, the official car for the championship, delivered about 50 cars that will be used during the next weeks.

Getting closer

Ola Richardsson — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:30:28 +0000

A lot of small things are happening around the WCh cities now – exciting details that clearly shows that we are very close to the championship.

There are more city dressing items coming up every day. The volounteers are getting their clothes. A lot of things are arriving to the arenas.

Tonight the floor in the training part of Malmö Arena was rolled out. On Monday will the local ice hockey team Mif Redhawks practice in one part of the arena, and the Croatian handball team in another. Next day there will be only handball in this marvellous arena.

This will be great.

You don't want to miss it!

Johans gästblogg – femte dagen

Johan Petersson — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:24:34 +0000

Efter en femdagars tur till New York så är det dags att förbereda hemresan.

Det har verkligen varit en resa med en upplevelse känsla som man tar med sig hem och berättar för sina vänner. En vecka i solen är givetvis underbart men man kan inte säga mer än att solen var skön och badet var kanon.

När man varit fem dagar i New York och spelat handboll inför 400 personer som visats på Eurosport i 59 länder så har man mycket att berätta.

Jag förstår lite bättre nu varför de är så överviktiga i det här landet. Det är frestelser i varje hörn. Lukt från kaffe, muffins, kanel, kebab, hamburgare, är överallt. Jag kan inte ens föreställa mig hur det skulle vara att leva i den här stressen varje dag men om man vill tjäna pengar så är det nog en stad med alla möjligheter.

Clothes and balls

Ola Richardsson — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:17:10 +0000

Getting closer.

24 days to go now and a lot of things arrives to the WCh HQ in Malmö.

All the official match balls from Select, for instance.

And the first 100 cartons with clothing for the volunteers. There is much more to come.
The HQ looks more as a messy warehouse than an office...

Goal!

Ola Richardsson — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:20:14 +0000

Here's a short movie from the WCh cities Linköping and Norrköping that we just have to show you.

The theme is that there is a lot of goals in handball and that this is one of the things that people love about the sport. People in Linköping and Norrköping are invited to a 'goal-party' in January.

It's close now.

We don't wanna wait anymore.

Come on, Santa! Get it over with!

We are waiting for the real party!

Counting down

Ola Richardsson — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:56:36 +0000

And the large portal is counting down to Christmas?

Nope.

The clock in the City of Malmö is counting down to something much more important.

Today is a special day for many people in Sweden. It's First Sunday of Advent and the stores in the cities are open, there are lights and candles and kind of cozy.

The word Advent means "arrival", and we are really waiting... for Karabatic, Balic, Kim Andersson, Palmarsson, Lijewski, Hansen, Løke...

The tour has reached the Final city

Ola Richardsson — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:00:13 +0000

Last day of the Tour in Malmö today - and lots of people stopped by to try to win two tickets for the Final.

They are already here and they will soon be visible

Karl Löfmark — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:31:46 +0000

Sweden is a multi cultural society today and one well integrated group will soon show their origin. Tens of thousands of Jugoslavs came to Sweden in the 1960-ies and a big part of them turned out to be Croats. This proud, young Nation full of magnificent handball players has got a solid support from Croats both domestical and abroad.

The Croat-Swedish society is preparing for a manifestation of support for the Croat team and also a warm welcome to Croat supporters gathering from all over Europe. With an exposure of Croatian traditions and friendly message to all fans to celebrate together this will be a colorful contribution to the framing of both the arenas and Fanzones...

Swedish treasure hunt

Ola Richardsson — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:19:53 +0000

For all Swedes, specially for those who live around Jönköping: Here's a really fun treasure hunt that WCh in Jönköping has arranged.

Former Swedish national coach Bengt Johansson has hidden 30 cans with tickets to the championship, somewhere around Jönköping.

You will find more about this on http://hittagurkburken.nu. Very, very nice!

Preparation

Ola Richardsson — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:07:16 +0000

There were two kinds of preparations in Malmö Arena today.

The Swedish national ice hockey team (an internationally minor sport compared to handball) was training for some kind of tournament. And several television companies from Germany, France and Norway prepared for their work during the WCH in handball in January.

What happened to hockey guys, if it was a good training , I do not know. But the TV people were satisfied with their working place for a few winter weeks.

We went through the commentary positions, location of studios, offices and location of OB buses. And all I spoke to loved the arena.

63 days to go now.

Keep the ball in the air

Ola Richardsson — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:27:53 +0000

New video today.

Peter Gentzel, the former (?) world class goalie has an important message to you.

Hopefully he gets some answers from all handball fans that are eager to win the great prize: an official ball for Men's Handball World Championship that is signed by the Swedish national team.

Peter Gentzel and Karl Löfmark from the WCh Management, discussing the video shooting at the square 'Gustav Adolfs Torg' in the centre of Malmö.

Online store in the air

Ola Richardsson — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:54:01 +0000

Are you wating for merchendise from Handball 2011?

You don't have to anymore.

The first items are now available in the online store that we have arranged in cooperation with our partner Intersport. Just click here and get handsome!

Redesign of first web page

Ola Richardsson — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:46:57 +0000

Today we have (almost) finished the redesign of our new first page of this webpage. There are still a few details to fix, but we are very pleased with the work of our nice web agency Good Old.

What do you think? Please make a comment, maybe with a good idea?

And – do you see what handball player that is in the background?